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New VR Games May 2021: All The Biggest Releases

Looking for the new VR games May 2021 list? We’ve got you covered.

We’re moving into Summer and releases are certainly heating up for VR headsets. Well, they are for the Oculus Quest at least – most of the big titles launching this month are on the standalone headset, though there are some offerings for PSVR and PC VR too. Let’s dig in!

New VR Games May 2021

Demeo (May 6th) – Quest, PC VR

Boardgame night moves to VR in Demeo, a four-player tabletop dungeon-crawling RPG that has you rolling die, casting spells and slaying monsters. Look out for a flat-screen version later this year too.

The Wizards: Dark Times (May 6th) – Quest

Carbon Studio’s fantasy adventure finally touches down on Quest. The Wizards has you summoning spells by making gestures with your motion controllers. Cast fire balls, shoot ice arrows and take on the linear single-player campaign, which is a first for the franchise.

Zero Caliber: Reloaded (May 13th) – Quest

The Quest version of the popular PC VR shooter is nearly ready to go. Zero Caliber packs a full single-player campaign and co-op support for up to four players, with weapon customizations promising a realistic combat experience.

Puzzle Bobble VR (May 20th) – Quest

The classic arcade puzzle game comes to VR for the first time. Puzzle Bobble is the ultimate color-matching experience. Arm yourself with a bobble cannon and blast your way through over 100 puzzles. Plus those dinosaurs have never looked so cute.

Wraith on SteamVR (May 25th) – SteamVR

Following last month’s launch on Rift and Quest, Wraith: The Oblivion – Afterlife haunts SteamVR later in May. Travel to the Barclay Mansion as an undead Wraith and uncover the mystery behind your death, all while trying to keep your pants dry.

Solaris (TBA May) – PSVR

There isn’t an exact date yet but the PSVR version of Solaris should be touching down in May. Fast arena-style combat awaits in the new game from the makers of Firewall: Zero Hour and support for Sony’s Aim controller is in too.

That’s the list of new VR games for May 2021. What are you going to be picking up? Let us know in the comments below!

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Story-based Shooter ‘Zero Caliber: Reloaded’ Coming to Quest in May, Trailer Here

A version of Zero Caliber VR (2018), the military shooter from A-Tech Cybernetic (2020) developers XREAL Games, is coming to Oculus Quest on May 13th, 2021.

Zero Caliber VR first came to PC VR back in 2018, launching its story-based campaign to ‘very positive’ reviews via Steam Early Access and the Oculus Store for Rift.

Although it shares a lot in common, including its single-player and four-player online coop campaign, the new version for Quest is said to be “basically a totally different game compared to the original PC version.”

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Image courtesy Xreal Games
Image courtesy Xreal Games
Image courtesy Xreal Games

Called Zero Caliber: Reloaded, the Quest-only version is launching on both Quest and Quest 2; since it’s not the same game as the PC version, it won’t feature cross-buy. The game will be priced $25 when it arrives on the Oculus Store May 13th.

Hungary-based indie Xreal says Quest 2 enhancements will include physically based rendering (PBR) textures on the weapons and hands at launch, with more enhancements coming in post-release updates. The studio says it’s also planning “quite a few post-release updates with new content/game mode and improvements.”

Here’s how Xreal describes Zero Caliber: Reloaded:

You’ll find yourself in a war-ridden, dystopian United States as a newly enlisted OSA soldier. What does OSA stand for? Outer States of America, the last bastion of hope. War over water destroyed the world as we know it. A fearsome organization worshipping Tlaloc, the Aztec God of rain emerged from the chaos. What is even worse, they know something that can change the fate of humanity…

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Co-op Shooter Zero Caliber: Reloaded Heads to Oculus Quest in May

Zero Caliber: Reloaded

Back in February XREAL Games revealed that its PC VR shooter Zero Caliber was being reworked for the Oculus Quest platform, arriving in the form of Zero Caliber: Reloaded this year. Today, the studio has dropped a new trailer alongside a launch date and price for the title.

Zero Caliber: Reloaded

While XREAL Games has rebuilt its original FPS for Oculus Quest the core fundamentals remain the same, there’s a story-driven, single-player campaign with realistic guns and scenarios. Plus, there’s a 4-player co-op mode if you want to bring some friends along to help with any of the levels. The studio has mentioned that the co-op will run on dedicated servers – NA, EU and SEA regions – with an invite friend feature making that process easier. “Players will be able to invite their friends after launching a Co-op session directly to said session (as long as their friends have the game running or they’re idling in the Oculus Quest Home),” the team notes in an email to VRFocus.

It’s all designed with realism in mind, from the weapon handling to the environment. So guns need to be manually reloaded and attachments added to improve their functionality. You can practice with each one in the gun range and when out in the field almost all the surfaces are climbable, enabling you to change strategies and flank enemies when required.

Zero Caliber: Reloaded will support both Oculus Quest and Quest 2, with the latter headset getting visual improvements. This will include PBR textures on the weapons and hand so Quest players will see nice and shiny reflective surfaces. Further enhancements are slated to arrive post-launch alongside new content and a game mode.

Zero Caliber: Reloaded

As for the original Zero Caliber for PC VR headsets that’s still in Early Access at the moment on Steam and Oculus Store. XREAL Games has been beta testing a PvP mode with expectations that it’ll drop later this year.

Zero Caliber: Reloaded will be hitting Oculus Quest on 13th May 2021 priced at $24.99 USD. As XREAL Games has stated previously, Zero Caliber: Reloaded will not support crossbuy with Oculus Rift’s Zero Caliber because the reworking has meant its an entirely different videogame underneath. Check out the new trailer below and for further updates keep reading VRFocus.

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Zero Caliber: Reloaded Release Date Revealed, New Trailer Released

Zero Caliber: Reloaded, the Oculus Quest version of the popular PC VR shooter, arrives on May 13.

Developer XREAL Games confirmed the news today. Reloaded is a revamped version of the original game, a modern-era shooter with highly customizable weapons. This version retains some core features like a single-player campaign and four-player co-op mode but tweaks the gameplay content to get it to fit on Quest.

Reloaded will be available for $24.99 and, as the developer previously confirmed, won’t support cross-buy and cross-play due to the differences in the versions. Check out the launch trailer with plenty of new gameplay below.

Zero Caliber: Reloaded Release Date Revealed

The trailer shows a wide range of locations, including training facilities, snowy mountain regions and more. Almost every surface in the game is climbable, too, as shown in the trailer’s dramatic closing.

Reloaded will have some Quest 2-specific enhancements like better textures for weapons, though more additions are coming later down the line. The team is also planning to add new content like game modes in the future for free.

XREAL also confirmed a handful of other features – the game’s co-op options run on dedicated servers for NA, EU and SEA regions, and there will also be a friend invite feature.

We’re fond of Zero Caliber on PC so we’re looking forward to seeing how the Quest version works out. We’ll be bringing you a full review as soon as possible. The PC VR of Zero Caliber, meanwhile, remains in-development via Early Access, with a PSVR version to follow.

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Here’s 2 Minutes Of Zero Caliber Oculus Quest Gameplay

Here’s another fresh look at the upcoming Oculus Quest version of VR first-person shooter (FPS), Zero Caliber.

On Saturday, developer XREAL posted over two minutes of footage from the title on Twitter. Zero Caliber is coming to Quest as Zero Caliber: Reloaded, an adapted version of the game that takes a lot of core elements and tweaks them to fit on the standalone headset. The game won’t have cross-play with PC VR headsets as a result, but will still retain a full campaign with up to four-play co-op. That’s what you can see in action in the clip below.

New Zero Caliber Oculus Quest Gameplay

This is our best look at Reloaded yet, with mostly uninterrupted gameplay. It shows some of the more modular elements of the gunplay at work – players are able to knock magazines out of theor gun as they reload and then quickly flick pins to get back into the action. A shotgun is fitted with a laser sight, whilst other weapons have red dot sights. Customizing weapons to your liking is a big part of the experience.

Overall it’s looking pretty solid. There’s an expected dip in visual fidelity from PC but, if that’s the price to bring a full co-op campaign to Quest, we’re guessing a lot of people would pay it.

As the tweet says, Zero Caliber is just “weeks” away from releasing, and we’ll get another trailer and more details before launch, so keep an eye out. Elsewhere, XREAL is still working on a PSVR port of the main game and is publishing another upcoming VR shooter, Gambit.

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XREAL Shares First Zero Caliber Quest Gameplay

Our first look at VR shooter Zero Caliber running on Oculus Quest is here.

Developer XREAL shared some footage of the game on Reddit this week. It’s only a short gameplay clip, but it shows the customizable gun system up and running on the standalone headset, allowing players to add attachments to weapons on the fly. At the end there’s a tease of one of the campaign missions, with the player fighting their way through a warehouse.

New Zero Caliber Quest Gameplay Revealed

Customize your favourite gun – Zero Caliber: Reloaded from r/OculusQuest

In the comments, XREAL confirmed that this was still work-in-progress footage from the Quest 1 version of the game. Still, it looks pretty good at this stage.

Zero Caliber is coming to Quest as a retooled title named Zero Caliber: Reloaded. While the game features similar levels to the original game on PC VR headsets, it’s also been reworked to fit on the Quest platform. That means no cross-play with PC, but Quest owners will have their own four-player co-op mode to tackle.

Zero Caliber: Reloaded is due for release on Quest sometime in Q2 (April – June) of this year. Elsewhere, XREAL is still working on the PSVR port of the game and also plans to add PvP content to the PC VR version, though that may be some ways off. Finally, the studio is also developing a brand-new four-player co-op shooter named Gambit.

Are you going to be picking up Zero Caliber on Quest? Let us know in the comment below!

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Zero Caliber: Reloaded Coming to Oculus Quest in Q2 2021

Zero Caliber VR

Zero Caliber VR has proven to be quite popular with PC gamers, offering both single-player and co-op multiplayer modes. Today, XREAL Games, the team behind the military shooter has announced plans to bring a reworked version to Oculus Quest this year.

Zero Caliber
Zero Caliber VR

In essence Zero Caliber: Reloaded will be similar to its PC counterpart, with the features fans love. But the studio notes it has been rebuilt entirely for the Quest platform, therefore it won’t be capable of cross-play with the PC version.

Even so, Zero Caliber: Reloaded is set to offer an action-packed campaign taking place in the not too distant future. Supporting both single-player or up to four-player co-op, players will be dropped into the middle of a war-torn, dystopian United States. There will be brand new missions, combat design, interactions and other new features.

“We are very proud of what our team has accomplished from a technical standpoint to port Zero Caliber over to the Oculus Quest platform,” says XREAL Games Marketing Director Daniel Nyirfa in a statement. “We’re extremely excited to bring Zero Caliber’s fan-favourite features to a new audience. Our on-the-fly swappable attachment system, weapon variety and physics, melee combat and climbing mechanics packed into an action-filled story will guarantee hours and hours of explosive fun. What’s even better is that the whole campaign can be played with friends!”

Zero Caliber VR
Zero Caliber VR

Currently, XREAL Games hasn’t released any screenshots or video for Zero Caliber: Reloaded, they should be arriving soon. The videogame will support both Oculus Quest and Quest 2, with the newer headset getting a visually improved experience – like many others offering enhanced versions.

When it comes to Zero Caliber VR, the studio is still working on new features having recently conducted a closed beta for a PvP mode. It’s been in Early Access for just over two years so the main focus is to further optimise the entire videogame for an official launch at some point.

Slated for a Q2 2021 launch, as further details are released for Zero Caliber: Reloaded, VRFocus will keep you updated.

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Zero Caliber: Reloaded Coming To Quest In 2021

One of PC VR’s most popular shooters is going standalone – a Zero Caliber Quest version is on the way.

Developer XREAL announced the project today. Reloaded is not a straight-up port of the existing Zero Caliber, which is still in Early Access on Steam. It’s still a campaign-driven modern shooter with four-player co-op, but XREAL says missions have been retooled for Quest including new level design, combat design and interactions. The studio says the game has been entirely rebuilt for the platform. Check out some PC gameplay below.

That said, you can still expect many of the original game’s core features, like the swappable attachment system, melee combat and physics and climbing mechanics. There will also be new enemy types and boss encounters. Given that the game features all-new content, it won’t have any cross-play with the PC version at this time, though XREAL says some of these new additions will make it to PC in the future. Quest 2 will have visual upgrades over the Quest 1 version, too.

Assets like trailers and screenshots will be arriving later down the line but XREAL says to expect a full launch sometime in Q2 of 2021. As for a possible PvP mode? The team says it might happen if there’s big demand, but it’s not set in stone.

Zero Caliber won’t be the only shooter that’s revamped itself to get on Quest – the sideloaded version of Pavlov stripped back features to make a separate version called Pavlov Shack, for example.

Over on PC, meanwhile, XREAL announced that it was revamping a lot of the underlying systems beneath Zero Caliber as it continued to work on a PvP mode. That means that a launch out of Early Access is going to take a while longer, but the studio says the game will be better for it.

Are you looking forward to Zero Caliber Quest? Let us know in the comments below!